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Settlement Database Data DictionaryAs at 21 February 2018

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This Data Dictionary was created by the Settlement Data and Reporting Team, Department of Social Services. If you have any queries regarding this Booklet please contact [email protected]

Contents

Overview..................................................................................................................................3

Abbreviations...........................................................................................................................4

Terms.......................................................................................................................................5

A...........................................................................................................................................5

Age on Arrival................................................................................................................................5

Arrival Date....................................................................................................................................5

Australian Citizenship....................................................................................................................5

Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC)................................................................6

C...........................................................................................................................................7

Calendar Year of Arrival.................................................................................................................7

Citizenship.....................................................................................................................................8

Country of Birth.............................................................................................................................8

Country of Birth (World Region)....................................................................................................9

Country of Birth (Sub-Regions)......................................................................................................9

D.........................................................................................................................................17

Date Range..................................................................................................................................17

Data Items available in SDB.........................................................................................................17

E.........................................................................................................................................18

English Proficiency.......................................................................................................................18

Ethnicity.......................................................................................................................................18

F.........................................................................................................................................23

Financial Year of Arrival...............................................................................................................23

G.........................................................................................................................................24

Gender.........................................................................................................................................24

L..........................................................................................................................................24

Local Government Area...............................................................................................................24

M.........................................................................................................................................25

Main Language............................................................................................................................25

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Marital Status..............................................................................................................................35

Metro/Regional (Place of Residence)..........................................................................................36

Migration Stream.........................................................................................................................37

P.........................................................................................................................................38

Place of Residence.......................................................................................................................38

R.........................................................................................................................................38

Religion........................................................................................................................................38

S.........................................................................................................................................42

Settlement Database...................................................................................................................42

Settlement Date...........................................................................................................................42

Settlement Target Group.............................................................................................................43

Settlement Visa............................................................................................................................45

SLA of Residence - Statistical Local Area......................................................................................45

State of Residence.......................................................................................................................46

Statistical Division........................................................................................................................46

Statistical Sub-Division.................................................................................................................46

V.........................................................................................................................................46

Visa stream..................................................................................................................................47

Visa Subclass................................................................................................................................47

Y.........................................................................................................................................54

Years of Education.......................................................................................................................54

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OverviewThe Settlement Database (SDB) Data Dictionary is part of an information package designed to aid users’ interpretation of settlement information. The package is designed to address how Settlement Database reports are created, what they mean and how they should be used.

The SDB Data Dictionary contains information regarding the data items available in the SDB. Further information on how to produce and interpret reports using the SDB is available in the following document:

Frequently Asked Questions

Abbreviations

ABS Australian Bureau of Statistics

AMEP Adult Migration English Program

ARMS AMEP Reporting and Management System

ASGC Australian Standard Geographical Classification

COB Country of Birth

EP English Proficiency

Home Affairs Department of Home Affairs

LGA Local Government Area

SDB Settlement Database

SD Statistical Division

SLA Statistical Local Area

SSD Statistical Sub-Division

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Terms

A

Age on ArrivalAge on Arrival refers to a settler’s age when they arrive in Australia. Age on Arrival is calculated from the data collected from settlers about their date of birth, which is recorded by the Department of Home Affairs on a mandatory basis, and their recorded Arrival Date in the SDB.

Reports generated using the Age on Arrival feature will produce numbers of settlers for all of the Settlement Age Range fields/groups. Please see Settlement Age Range in Table 1 for a full list of these fields

Table 1 – Age on ArrivalAge Band Range Settlement Age Range Age on Arrival/Grant

der 18

00-05 All individual ages from 0 to 5




18 to 64






65 and over 65+ All individual ages from 65 to 120

Arrival Date Arrival Date refers to the date of arrival to Australia by a settler who holds a Settlement Visa.

For Settlement Visas that were granted onshore (in Australia), the Arrival Date refers to the latest date of arrival prior to the grant of that visa.

For Settlement Visas that were granted offshore (outside of Australia), the Arrival Date refers to the first date of arrival after the grant of that visa.

Arrival Date is the default setting and will collect information on settlers who arrived in Australia within the specified Date Range.

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Australian Citizenship A settler can apply for Australian Citizenship when they meet eligibility requirements. For further information regarding Australian Citizenship, please see Australian Citizenship website or call 131 880. For information on SDB reports regarding Australian Citizenship, please see Citizenship.

Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC)Geographic data in the SDB is defined according to the 2011 Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC) Main Structure and Local Government Area Structure, published by the ABS.

The 2011 ASGC Main Structure defines the spatial units SLA, SSD and SD. In the SDB, settler postcode data is used to allocate SLAs which then aggregate to form SSDs, these then aggregate to form SDs. The ABS 2011 ASGC Correspondences are used for this process.

The 2011 ASGC Local Government Area Structure defines the spatial units SLA and LGA. In the SDB, settler postcode data is used to directly allocate LGAs. The ABS 2011 ASGC Correspondences are used for this process.

Figure 1 demonstrates how these two structures are applied in the SDB.

Some postcodes may correspond to more than one SLA and/or LGA. In these cases, the SDB uses the appropriate ABS 2011 ASGC Correspondences file to allocate the postcode by determining that the SLA or LGA which receives the highest percentage of population for a particular postcode will receive all the data for that postcode.

It should be noted that although efforts are made to keep up to date address information for settlers recorded in the SDB, not all location data can be considered as current and for many settlers, no location data is recorded.

Further information about SLAs, LGAs, SSDs and SDs can be found under their individual headings in this dictionary.

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Figure 1 - Settlement Database Geographic Structure

More information about the 2011 ASGC as well as correspondence files can be found at: ABS Geography website

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Calendar Year of ArrivalCalendar Year of Arrival refers to the calendar year in which a settler who holds a Settlement Visa arrived in Australia. A calendar year is defined as 1 January to 31 December inclusive, of any given year. In the SDB calendar years can be selected starting from 1 January 1991. If a settler has more than one Settlement Visa recorded, generally the arrival date for the first visa is used.

Calendar Year of Arrival generates reports which produce numbers of settlers who have arrived within the selected Date Range. When a report is generated using Calendar Year of

Arrival, the results will be divided and shown in their respective calendar years.

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CitizenshipIn the Settlement Database, Citizenship refers to settlers who have been granted Australian Citizenship. More information about Australian Citizenship can be found on the Citizenship website, Australian Citizenship website

The Citizenship feature can be used to produce numbers of settlers who have acquired Australian Citizenship within a specific calendar year. A calendar year is defined as 1 January to 31 December inclusive, of any given year. In the SDB calendar years can be selected starting from 1 January 1991.

Country of Birth COB refers to the country in which a settler was born. COB is recorded by the Department of Home Affairs on a mandatory basis for every person who is involved in a visa application.

The COB can be used to report on the COB Reports will generate numbers of settlers for each selected field. A full list of the COBs is listed in Table 2

Within the SDB, COB data is structured into a three level hierarchy. These are: Settlement World Region, Settlement Sub-Region, COB, where Settlement World Region is the largest grouping, followed by Settlement Sub-Region.

Country of Birth (World Region) The Country of Birth (World Region) generates reports which produce numbers of settlers for all of the Settlement Sub-Regions. A full list of Settlement Sub-Regions is listed in Table 2.

Country of Birth (Sub-Regions)The Country of Birth (Sub-Regions) can be used to produce numbers of settlers for each of the specific Settlement World Regions, Settlement Sub-Regions and Country of Birth Settlement. A full list of the categories under each of these groups is listed in Table 2.

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Table 2 – Country of Birth

Settlement World Re-gion

Settlement Sub-Re-gion Country of Birth

Africa (Excluding North Africa)

Central and West Africa

Benin

Burkina Faso

Cameroon

Central Africa (So Stated)

Central African Republic

Chad

Congo, Dem Republic of the

Zaire

Congo, Republic of

Cote D’ivoire

Equatorial Guinea

Gabon

Gambia

Ghana

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Liberia

Mali

Niger

Nigeria

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Sao Tome and Principe

Senegal

Sierra Leone

Togo

Angola

Southern and East Africa

Botswana

Burundi

Comoros

Djibouti

East Africa (So Stated)

Eritrea

Ethiopia

Kenya

Lesotho

Madagascar

Malawi

Mauritius

Mayotte

Mozambique

Namibia

Reunion

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Rwanda

Seychelles

Somalia

South Africa

St Helena

Swaziland

Tanzania

Uganda

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Rhodesia

Bulgaria

Europe & Former USSR

Eastern Europe Czech Republic

Czechoslovakia

Eastern Europe (So Stated)

Hungary

Poland

Romania

Romania Pre 1/2/2002

Slovakia

Europe (So Stated)

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Europe Europe (So Stated)

Denmark

Northern Europe Faroe Islands

Finland

Greenland

Iceland

Northern Europe (So Stated)

Norway

Bouvet Island

Sweden

Albania

Southern Europe Andorra

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Croatia

Cyprus

FYR Macedonia

Gibraltar

Greece

Italy

Kosovo

Malta

Montenegro

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Portugal

San Marino

Serbia

Serbia and Montenegro

Yugoslavia, Fed Republic of

Slovenia

Spain

Vatican City State Holy See

Yugoslavia Former

Armenia

The Former USSR and the Baltic States

Azerbaijan

Belarus

Estonia

Georgia

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Latvia

Lithuania

Moldova

Russian Federation

Tajikistan

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Turkmenistan

U.S.S.R.

Ukraine

Uzbekistan

British Depend Terr Citizen

The United Kingdom and Ireland

British Indian Ocean Terr

British National Overseas

British O’Seas Citizenship

British Subject

Channel Islands

Guernsey

Jersey

England

Ireland (So Stated)

Ireland, Republic of

Isle of Man

Northern Ireland

Norway

Scotland

United Kingdom

Britain

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Wales

Austria

Western Europe Belgium

France

France Metropolitan

Germany

Berlin (So Stated)

Berlin, East (So Stated)

Berlin, West (So Stated)

German Democratic Republic

Germany, Fed Republic of

Liechtenstein

Luxembourg

Monaco

Netherlands, Kingdom of the

Switzerland

Western Europe (So Stated)

Bermuda

North America Northern America Canada

North America (So Stated)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

U.S Minor outlying islands

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United States of America

America (So Stated)

Hawaii

China, Peoples Republic of

China (So Stated)

North East Asia Northeast Asia Hong Kong (SAR of the PRC)

Hong Kong (SAR of the PRC)

Japan

Korea (So Stated)

Korea, South

Korea, North

Macau

Macau Special Admin Region

Mongolia

Northeast Asia (So Stated)

Taiwan

Tibet (So Stated)

At Sea

Antarctica

Oceania & Antarctica 1:AT SEA Australia

Antarctica Aust Ext Terr (So Stated)

Australia Christmas Island

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Australian External Territories

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Norfolk Island

Other Australian Ext Terr

Melanesia (So Stated)

New Caledonia

Melanesia New Guinea

Papua New Guinea

Papua

Solomon Islands

Vanuatu

New Hebrides

Guam

Kiribati

Micronesia Marshall Islands

Micronesia

Micronesia, Fed States of

Trust Terr Pac ISL (U.S.A.)

Nauru

Northern Mariana Islands

Palau

New Zealand

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Oceania (So Stated)

New Zealand Pacific Islands (So Stated)

Oceania Pitcairn

American Samoa

Cook Islands

Polynesia (excluding Hawaii)

Fiji

French Southern Territories

Polynesia

Niue

Samoa

Tahiti

French Polynesia

Tokelau

Tonga

Tuvalu

Wallis and Futuna Islands

Belize

America, Central (So Stated)

South America, Central America & the Caribbean

Central America Central America (So Stated)

Costa Rica

El Salvador

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Guatemala

Honduras

Mexico

Nicaragua

Panama

Argentina

Bolivia

South America Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Ecuador

Falkland Islands

French Guiana

Guyana

Paraguay

Peru

South America (So Stated)

Sth Georgia/Sth Sandwich Is

Suriname

Uruguay

Venezuela

Anguilla

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Antigua and Barbuda

The Caribbean Aruba

Bahamas

Barbados

Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba

British West Indies

Cayman Islands

Cuba

Curacao

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Grenada

Guadeloupe

Haiti

Jamaica

Martinique

Montserrat

Netherlands Antilles

Puerto Rico

Saint Lucia

Sint Maarten (Dutch Part)

St Barthelemy

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St Kitts and Nevis

St Martin

St Vincent & The Grenadines

Trinidad and Tobago

Turks and Caicos Islands

Virgin Islands (British)

Virgin Islands (U.S.A.)

Brunei Darussalam

Burma

South East Asia Southeast Asia Myanmar

Cambodia

Kampuchea

Indonesia

Indo-China

Lao Peoples Dem Republic

Malaysia

Philippines

Singapore

Southeast Asia (So Stated)

Thailand

Timor-East

Timor-Leste

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Vietnam

Vietnam, North

Vietnam, South

Afghanistan

Bangladesh

Southern Asia Southern Asia Bhutan

India

Sikkim

Maldives

Nepal

Pakistan

Southern Asia (So Stated)

Sri Lanka

Africa (So Stated)

Africa (So Stated)

The Middle East & North Africa

Africa (So Stated) Algeria

Cape Verde

North Africa Egypt

Libyan Arab Jamhiriya

Mauritania

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Morocco

North Africa (So Stated)

Other North Africa

Republic of South Sudan

Sudan

Tunisia

Western Sahara

Bahrain

Gaza

The Middle East Iran

Iraq

Israel

Jordan

Kuwait

Lebanon

Middle East (So Stated)

Oman

Palestinian Authority

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

Syrian Arab Republic

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Turkey

United Arab Emirates

West Bank

Yemen Arab Republic

Yemen, Former

Yemen, Peoples Dem Rep Of

Yemen, Republic of

A.P.P

B.P.P.

N/A N/A Invalid Value

Libya

Not Recorded

Refugee

Stateless Person

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Date RangeDate Range is used to limit report outputs to selected date ranges. A start date and end date must be entered according to day, month and year. Furthermore, the Date Range selected can be applied to either settler Arrival Date or settler Visa Grant Date. The earliest date which can be selected in the SDB is 1 January 1991. This is because this is when data was first collected by the SDB. Data from the SDB is updated to the SDB on the fifth of each

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month. When generating a report requiring the most up to date information the most recent date which can be selected is the fourth day of the given month of the given year.

Data Items available in SDB A subset of data items is available in the data request form Information regarding each specific item is located under its individual heading within this dictionary.

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English Proficiency EP relates to a settler’s level of spoken English. This information is available only for settlers aged five years and over at the time of visa grant. EP data is collected from various sources depending on the settler’s visa Migration Stream. This can include formal English tests or self-assessments. Updated EP data is recorded from the AMEP Reporting and Management System (ARMS) for settlers who enrol in the AMEP after arrival in Australia.

Reporting on EP may result in a high proportion of ‘not stated’ results, particularly for the Skilled and Family Migration Streams. However, Humanitarian Migration Stream entrants tend to have more complete records for EP. A full list of English Proficiency fields is included in Table 3.

Table 3 - English Proficiency

English Proficiency Description

Very Good Speaks English very well

Good Speaks English well

Poor Does not speak English well

Nil Does not speak English at all

Not Stated (Humanitarian) Not stated

Ethnicity Ethnicity provides a description of the ethnic background of settlers beyond the information available from Country of Birth and Main Language data. There are over 350 ethnic groups recorded in the SDB.

This information is most reliably available for Humanitarian Migration Stream entrants. For the Skilled and Family migration streams collection of Ethnicity data is not mandatory, hence data for these streams has a high level of ‘not stated’ or ‘unknown’ results. A full list of Ethnicity categories is included in Table 4.

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Table 4 - Ethnicity

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Abgal Algerian Arab (NFD)*

Acehnese Ambonese Argentinian

Acholi American (NFD)* Armenian

Afghan American (US) Aryan

African (NFD)* Amhara (Ethiopian) Ashanti (Ghana)

African American Andalusian Asian (NFD)*

Afrikaaner Anglian/Anglian English Asian American

Agaar (Sudanese) Anglo Burmese Assyrian

Ahwazi Anglo Celt Australasian (NFD)*

Aimiq (Afghanistan) Anglo Chinese Australian (NFD)*

Ajuran Anglo Indian Australian Aboriginal

Akan Anglo Saxon Austrian

Akha Anglo Singaporean Azaris (Iran)

Albanian Anglo West-Indian Azeri

Alevi Angloan

B

Babylonian Beja Brahmin

Bahraini Belarusian Brazilian

Baluch (Iran) Belgian Breton

Baluchis (Afghanistan) Bembe British (NFD)*

Bangladeshi Bengali Bulgarian

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Bantu Beninian Burgher

Bari Berber Burman

Basque Bidayuh (Malaysia) Burmese

Bassa Black America (US) Burmese Indian

Batak Blen (Eritrea) Burundi

Bavarian Bor (Sudanese)

Beddon Bosnian/Bosniac

C

Cambodian Central European (NFD)* Colombian

Cameroon Chadian Congo

Canadian Chaldean (Iraq) Cook Islander

Canadian Metis Chilean Coptic

Cantonese Chin Cornish

Catalan Chin (Burma) Creole (African Countries)

Celtic Chinese (NFD)* Croatian/Croat

Central American (NFD)* Chinese Cambodian Cuban

Central Asian Chinese Indonesian Czech

D

Danish Dinka (Sudanese) Dutch

Danu Dir (Somali) Dutch Indonesian

Darood/Darod (Somali) Displaced Kosovar

Digil (Somali) Dravidian

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A

Eastern European (NFD)* English Ethiopian

Ecuadorean Eritrean European (NFD)*

Egyptian Estonian

F

Fijian Finnish Fula

Fijian Indian Former Yugoslav Rep – mixed ethnicity

Fula/Fuldah/Fullah/Fulani

Filipino (NFD)* French Fur

Filipino Spanish French Canadian

G

Ga Geberty Greek

Gaboye Georgian Greek Cypriot

Gadabursi (Somali) German Guatemalan

Galician (Gallego) Ghanaian Gurage

Gallic (NFD)* Gio Gurudwara

Garo Mandi (Bangladesh) Goan

Gbandi Grebo

H

Hadiya Harti Honduran

Hainan Chinese Hawive(Somali) Hong Kong Chinese

Hakka Thai Hazara (Afghani) Hungarian

Han Chinese Hispanic Hussar (Afghani)

Harania Hmong (Miao Chinese) Hutu

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A

Harre Hokkien Chinese

I

Ibibio Indonesian Israeli

Icelander Iranian Issa (Somali)

Igbo Iraqi Italian (NFD)*

Ijo Irian Jaya Italian Argentinian

Ilocano (Philippines) Irish

Indian (NFD)* Isaq

J

Japanese Jewish (NFD)* Jordanian Muslim

Javanese Jordanian

K

Kachin Khmer Krahn

Kakwa Kinh (Vietnam) Krio

Kanaka Kirghiz Kru

Karen (Burma) Kiribati Kuku

Karen (Ethiopian) Kissi Kupang

Karenni Kokang Kurdish

Kayan Kono Kuwaiti

Kazakh/Oazaq Koochis (Afghanistan) Kyrgyz

Kenvan Korean

Kete/Kasai/Ba Kate Kpelle

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A

L

Lahu Lebanese Lorma/Loma

Lao Liberian Luba/Kasai

Latin (NFD) Libyan Lue

Latin American/Latino (NFD)* Limba

Latvian Lithuanian

M

Macanese Manx Middle Eastern

Macedonian Maori Milanese

Madi Marathi (India) Mizo

Madiban Marehan Moldovan

Majerten Maria Mon

Malav (Malaysian) Mauritanian Mongolian

Malaysian Chinese Mauritian/Rodrigan Montenegrin

Malaysian Indian Mayan Moor

Maltese Melanasian Moravian

Malwal (Sudanese) Menadonese Moroccan

Chinese Mende Myanmar

Mandingo Mexican

Mano Micronesian

N

Naga Nicaraguan Northern European (NFD)*

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A

Native American/American Indian

Nigerian Norwegian

Nauruan North African (NFD)* Nuba

Nepalese North American (NFD)* Nuer/Nuer (Sudanese)

New Zealander (NFD)* Northeast Asian Nuristanis (Afghanistan)

O

Ogaden (Somali) Omani Other African

Ogoni Oromo (Ethopian) Other Mestizo

P

Pacific Islander (NFD)* Pao Peruvian Mestizo

Pakistani Papua New Guinean Polsih

Palaung Pashtun (Afghani) Polynesian

Palestinian Persian Portugese

Panjsheris (Afghanistan) Peruvian Punjabi

Q

Qashqa’l (Iran)

R

Rahanweyn (Somali) Romanian Russian Jewish

Rahween RomanyRoma/Gypsy Russian Slav

Rakhine (Burma) Rotuman Rut/Luac (Sudanese)

Rek (Sudanese) Russian (NFD)* Rwandan

Rohingya (Burma) Russian Federation

S

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A

Saho Sherbro South American (NFD)*

Salvadorean/El Salvadorean Shikhal South Asian

Samoan Shilluk South Sea Islander

Samoan (Western) Sierra Leonean Southeast Asian

San Marinian Sikh Southern European (NFD)*

Sardinian Singaporean Spanish

Saudi Arabian Singhalese/Sinhalese Spanish-Peruvian

Scandinavian (NFD)* Sino Vietnamese Sri Lankan

Scottish Slavonian Stateless

Senegalese Slavonic Sudanese

Serbian/Serb Slovak Susu

Seychelles Slovenian/Slovene Swabian

Shafi (Somali) Somali Swedish

Shan South African (NFD)* Swiss

Sheikaan South African Jew Syrian

T

Taiwanese Tibetan Trinidadian and Tobagonian

Tajik Tigrean/Tigrav/Tigre Tunisian

Tamil Tigrinya (Ethiopean/Eritrean) Turkish

Tanzanian Timorese (East Timorese) Turkmen

Tatar Togolese Turkoman (Iran)

Tavoyan Tolia (New Britain East of PNG)

Tutsi

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A

Temne Tongan Tutula

Thai Torres Strait Islander Tuvaluan

U

Ugandan Ukrainian Uzbek

Uighur Uruguayan

V

Vai Vardak (Afghani) Vietnamese

Vanuatu Venezuelan Visayan

W

Wa Western European (NFD)*

Welsh West Indian (NFD)*

X

Xhosa

Y

Yemen Yoruba Yugoslav (NFD)*

Z

Zairean Zimbabwean

Zambian Zulu*Not Further Defined (NFD)

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F

Financial Year of ArrivalFinancial Year of Arrival refers to the financial year in which a settler, who holds a Settlement Visa, arrived in Australia. Financial Year of Arrival is determined by settlers’ recorded Arrival Date. A financial year is defined as the period from 1 July to 30 June following year.

Financial Year of Arrival generates reports which produce numbers of settlers for all of the financial years within the selected Date Range. When a report is generated, the results will be divided and shown in their respective Financial Year of Arrival.

G

Gender Gender information is collected from settlers when completing a visa application.

The Gender generates reports which produce numbers of settlers for all of the gender fields. A full list of the gender fields is included in Table 5.

Reports will generate number of settlers for each selected field. A full list of the gender fields is included in Table 5.

Table 5 - GenderGender

Female

Male

Indeterminate

Unknown

Not Stated

L

Local Government Area LGA is a spatial unit defined in the Local Government Area Structure of the 2011 Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC) published by the ABS. LGAs aggregate to form the incorporated areas of State and Territories and as such do not cover the whole of Australia.

In the Settlement Data reports, LGA refers to the area in which a settler resides.

The SDB allocates which LGA a settler resides in based on settler postcode data recorded in the SDB. Some postcodes may correspond to more than one LGA. In these cases, the SDB uses the appropriate ABS 2011 ASGC Correspondence file to allocate the postcode by determining that the LGA which receives the highest percentage of population for a particular postcode will receive all the data for that postcode.

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http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/D3310114.nsf/home/Correspondences

http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/D3310114.nsf/home/Australian+Standard+Geographical+Classification+(ASGC)

http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/D3310114.nsf/home/Australian+Standard+Geographical+Classification+(ASGC)

It should be noted that although efforts are made to keep up to date address information for settlers recorded in the SDB, not all LGA information can be considered as current and for many settlers, no LGA is recorded.

The LGA of Residence (Name) generates reports which produce numbers of settlers for all of the LGAs.


M

Main LanguageMain Language refers to a settler’s recorded main language in the Settlement Database (SDB). In the SDB there are approximately 300 different languages recorded. Main Language data is obtained from a number of different sources.

For settlers who enrol with the AMEP after arrival in Australia, main language data comes from the ARMS database.

Main Language is not recorded for all settlers in the SDB. It may be missing for portions of settlers in the Skilled and Family migration streams. However, this variable is captured well for the Humanitarian migration stream, particularly for more recently arrived settlers.

The Main Language generates reports which produce numbers of settlers for all of the Main Language fields. A full list of Main Languages is listed in Table 8.

Table 6 – Main LanguageLanguage Broad Group Language Sub-Groups Language

Eastern Asian Languages Chinese Cantonese

Chin

Chinese (NEC) +

Chinese (NFD)*

Hakka

Hokkien

Mandarin

Teochew

Wu

Eastern Asian (NFD)* Eastern Asian Languages

Japanese Japanese

Korean Korean

Other Eastern Asian Languages Achang

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Language Broad Group Language Sub-Groups Language

Dzonkha

Lisu

Mongolian

Other Eastern Asian Languages (NEC)+

Szi

Tibetan

Zaiwa

Eastern European Languages

Baltic Baltic (NFD)

Latvian

Lithuanian

East Slavic Belorussian

East Slavic (NFD)

Russian

Ukrainian

Eastern European (NFD) Eastern European Languages

Finnic Finnic (NEC)

Finnic (NFD)

Hungarian Hungarian

Other Eastern European Languages Albanian

Aromunian (Macedo-Romanian)

Other Eastern European Languages (NEC)

Other Eastern European Languages (NFD)

Romanian

Romany

South Slavic Bosnian

Bulgarian

Croatian

Macedonian

Serbian

Serbo-Croatian/Yugoslavian so

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described

Slovene

South Slavic (NFD)*

Unspec.fmr.Yugoslv

West Slavic Czech

Polish

Slovak

West Slavic (NFD)*

Northern European Languages

Celtic

Celtic (NEC)+ (Breton Cornish Manx)

Celtic (NFD)*

Gaelic (Scotland)

Irish

Welsh

English English

German and Related Languages

German

German and Related Languages (NFD)*

Letzeburgish

Yiddish

Netherlandic and Related Languages

Afrikaans

Dutch

Flemish

Frisian

Northern European (NFD) Northern European Languages

Not Otherwise Stated Estonian

Finnish

Finnish and Related Languages (NEC)+

Scandinavian Danish

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Faeroese

Icelandic

Norwegian

Scandinavian (NEC)+

Scandinavian (NFD)*

Other Languages Swedish

African Languages (Excluding North Africa) Acholi

Afar

African Languages (NEC)+

African Language (NFD)*

Akan

Amharic

Anuak

Arabic, Sudanese Creole

Asante

Bari

Bassa

Bemba

Chiga

Comorian

Dagbani

Daju, Dar Daju

Daju, Dar Sila

Dinka

Ewe

Fon

Fuliiru

Fullah

Fur

Ga

Gio

Grebo

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Hadiyigna

Harari

Hausa

Hemba

Igbo

Joba

Kakwa

Kikuyu

Kinyarwanda/ Rwanda

Kirundi/Nyarwandwa/Rundi

Kissi

Kono (Seirra Leone)

Koongo

Kpelle

Krahn

Kreole/Creole (African)

Krio

Kru

Kuku

Kuranko

Laka

Lango

Liberian English

Limba

Lingala

Loko

Lokoya

Loma/Lorma

Luba-Kasai

Luganda/ Ganda

Luo

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Luwo

Madi

Mandingo

Mano

Mauritian Creole

Mende

Mina

Moro

Ndebele

Nubi

Nuer

Nyanja (Chichewa)

Oromo

Pular/Fuuta Jalon

Punu

Sango

Seychelles Creole

Shilluk

Shona

Somali

Songo

Susu

Swahili

Temne / Themne

Tigre

Tigrinya

Tswana

Twi (Akan)

Vai

Wolof

Xhosa

Yakoma

Yoruba

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Zaghawa

Zande

Zulu

American Languages American Languages

Invented Languages Invented Languages

Oceanian Pidgins and Creoles Bislama

Hawaiian English

Oceanian Pidgin and Creoles (NEC)+

Oceanian Pidgins and Creoles (NFD)*

Pitcairnese

Solomon Island Pijin

Tok Pisin

Oceanic Austronesian Languages Fijian

Gilbertese

Maori (Cook Island)

Maori(New Zealand)

Motu

Nauruan

Niue

Pacific Austronesian Languages (NEC)+

Pacific Austronesian Languages (NFD)*

Rotuman

Samoan

Tokelauan

Tongan

Tuvaluan

Yapese

Other (NFD) Other Languages

Papuan Languages Kiwai

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Papua New Guinea Papuan Languages (NEC)+

Papuan

Sign Languages Auslan

Makaton

Sign Languages (NEC)+

South West Asian & North African Languages

Sign Languages (NFD)*

Iranic Afghan

Ashkun

Balochi

Dari

Farsi (Afghan)

Farsi (Persian)

Hazaragi

Iranic (NEC)+

Iranic (NFD)*

Kati

Kurdish

Kurdish (Sorani)

Kurdish, Southern (Feyli)

Panjsheri

Parsun

Pashto

Persian

Persian (Excluding Dari)

Waigali

Middle Eastern and North African Languages

Arabic

Assyrian

Chaldaean

Chaldean Neo-Aramaic

Hebrew

Middle Eastern Semitic Languages

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(NEC)+

Middle Eastern Semitic Languages (NFD)*

Not Otherwise Stated Armenian

Georgian

Other Southwest and Central Asian Languages

Sw.Asian/N.Afrcn (NFD) Southwest and Central Asian Languages

Turkish and Central Asian Languages Azeri

Kazakh

Tatar

Turkic (NEC)+

Turkic (NFD)*

Turkish

Turkmen

Uygur / Uyghur

Southeast Asian Languages

Uzbek

BurmanBurmese/Myanmar

Burmese and Related Languages (NEC)+

Burmese and Related Languages (NFD)*

Eastern Kayah

Haka

Kachin

Karen

Hmong-Mien Hmong

Hmong-Mien (NEC)+

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Hmong-Mien (NFD)*

Mon-Khmer Khmer

Mon

Mon-Khmer (NEC)+

Mon-Khmer (NFD)*

Vietnamese

Other Southeast Asian Languages

Arakanese

Chin Daai

Chin Falam

Chin Haka

Chin Khumi

Chin Mara

Chin Mro

Chin Mun

Chin Ngawn

Chin Senthang

Chin Teddim

Chin Thado

Chin Zome

Chin Zotong

Hpon

Karen Brek

Karen Bwe

Karen Gebe

Karen Geko

Karen Manumanaw

Karen Paku

Karen Pwo

Karen S’gaw

Karen Yinbaw

Karen Yintale

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Karen Zayein

Lashi

Maru

Nung

Other Southeast Asian Languages (NEC)+

Sasak

Shan

Zophei

Southeast Asian (NFD) Southeast Asian Languages

Tai Lao

Tai (NEC)+

Tai (NFD)*

Thai

Western Austronesian Languages Acehnese

Balinese

Bikol

Bisaya/Visaya

Cebuano

Filipino

Iban

Ilokano

Ilonggo (Hiligaynon)

Indonesian

Javanese

Malay

Pampangan

Southeast Asian Austronesian Languages (NEC)+

Southeast Asian Austronesian Languages (NFD)*

Tagalog

Tetum

Southern Asian Languages Timorese

Dravidian Dravidian (NEC)+

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Dravidian (NFD)*

Kannada

Malayalam

Tamil

Telugu

Tulu

Indo-Aryan Assamese

Bengali

Dhivehi

Gujarati

Hindi

Indo-Aryan (NEC)+

Indo-Aryan (NFD)*

Kashmiri

Konkani

Marathi

Nepali

Oriya

Punjabi

Rohinga

Sindhi

Sinhalese

Urdu

Other Southern Asian Languages

Other Southern Asian Language (NEC)+

Southern Asian Indian

Southern Asian Languages

Southern European Languages

Sri Lankan

French French

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GreekGreek

Iberian Romance Catalan

Iberian Romance (NEC)+ (Includes Crioulo Galician Ladino)

Iberian Romance (NFD)*

Portuguese

Spanish

Italian Italian

Maltese Maltese

Other Southern European Languages

Basque

Latin

Other Southern European Languages (NEC)+

Other Southern European Languages (NFD)*

*Not Further Defined (NFD)+ Not Elsewhere Classified (NEC)

Southern European (NFD)Southern European Languages

Marital Status Marital Status refers to a settler’s personal relationship status. Marital Status information is collected at time of visa application, however, it will be updated if the settler informs the Department of Home Affairs of a change in status. The collection of Marital Status data has a high level of ‘not recorded' results; therefore, interpretation of this data should be conducted with care.

The Marital Status generates reports which produce numbers of settlers for all of the Marital Status fields. A full list of the Marital Status fields is located in Table 7.

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Table 7 - Marital StatusMarital Status fields Description

Married Married

Nev Mar/De Facto Never Married or De Facto

De Facto Partner De Facto Partner

Engaged Engaged

Divorced Divorced

Widowed Widowed

Separated Separated

Metro/Regional (Place of Residence)Metro/Regional (Place of Residence) refers to the geographical break down of Australia into Metropolitan and Regional areas.

The geographical areas SD, SSD and SLA, defined in the Main Structure of the 2011 ASGC, published by the ABS are used to define regional and metropolitan areas. Please see Table 8 for a full listing of Metro/Regional definitions.

The Metro/Regional (place of residence) generates reports which produce numbers of settlers for both Metropolitan and Regional places of residence.


Table 8 - Metro/Regional

Metro/Regional Fields Definition

Metropolitan Includes the following Statistical Division and Statistical Sub-Divisions:Statistical Divisions (SDs): Sydney SD Melbourne SD Brisbane SD Gold Coast SD Perth SD Adelaide SD Canberra SDStatistical Sub-Divisions (SSDs): Queanbeyan SSD Newcastle SSD Wollongong SSD Tweed Heads & Coast SSD Greater Geelong City PrtA SSD Sunshine Coast SSD

Regional All other areas not listed under Metropolitan definition are

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Metro/Regional Fields Definition

defined as Regional.

Migration Stream A Migration Stream is a collection of related visa subclasses, grouped together by their purpose of entry. At present there are four primary migration streams – Skilled, Family, Humanitarian and Other. For further information on the migration streams, see:

Fact Sheet - Overview of Skilled Migration to Australia (Skilled).

Fact Sheet - Overview of Family Stream Migration (Family).

Fact Sheet – Australia's Refugee and Humanitarian Program (Humanitarian).

Migration Stream is often also referred to as the visa stream.

Please see Visa Subclass to find out which Settlement Visa subclasses are located under each Migration Stream.

The Migration Stream generates reports which produce numbers of settlers for each of the migration streams. A full list of migration streams is included in Table 9.

Table 9 - Migration StreamStream DefinitionFamily Encompassing all visas under the Family Stream

Humanitarian Encompassing all visas under the Humanitarian Stream

Skilled Encompassing all visas under the Skilled Stream

Unknown Encompassing historical and obsolete visas

Other Encompassing all remaining visas

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http://www.border.gov.au/about/corporate/information/fact-sheets/60refugee

http://www.border.gov.au/about/corporate/information/fact-sheets/29overview-family

http://www.border.gov.au/about/corporate/information/fact-sheets/24overview-skilled

P

Place of Residence Place of Residence refers to the last known residence of a settler.

In the SDB, Place of Residence information can be reported according to a settler’s State of Residence, SD of residence, SSD of residence, SLA of residence, or LGA of residence. Each of these statistical areas is defined in the 2011 Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC), published by the ABS.

In the SDB, a settler’s recorded postcode is used to determine each of these spatial units. Postcodes are used to form SLAs and LGAs. SLAs then aggregate to form SSDs and SDs

Some postcodes may correspond to more than one SLA or LGA. In these cases, the SDB uses the appropriate ABS 2011 ASGC Correspondence file to allocate the postcode by determining that the SLA and/or LGA which receives the highest percentage of population for a particular postcode will receive all the data for that postcode.

It should be noted that although efforts are made to keep up to date address information for settlers recorded in the SDB, not all location data can be considered as current and for many settlers, no location data is recorded.


R

Religion There are some 140 different religions recorded in the SDB. For the Family and Skilled migration streams, the collection of this data commenced in April 1994 and is not mandatory. It has been collected from Humanitarian migration stream entrants since the start of the 1999–2000 financial year, and is mandatory.

The Religion field generates reports which produce numbers of settlers of all the individual Religion fields. It will also include number of settlers for fields ‘Not Stated’ and ‘Inadequately Described’. A full list of Religions is included in Table 10.

A full list of Religion Broad Groups, Religion Narrow Groups and individual Religions is included in Table 10.

Table 10 - ReligionReligion (Individual)

Buddhism

Anglican

Baptist

Brethren

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Religion (Individual)

Catholic (NEC)+

Chaldean Catholic

Maronite Catholic

Melkite Catholic

Ukrainian Catholic

Western Catholic/Catholic

Apostolic Church So Described

Christian (NFD)*

Church of Christ (Nondenom)

Churches of Christ (Conference)

Churches of Christ (NFD)*

International Church of Christ

Jehovah’s Witnesses

Church of Jesus Christ of LDS (NFD)*

Latter Day Saints/Mormons/Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

Reorganised Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

Lutheran

Ancient Church of the East

Armenian Apostolic Church

Assyrian Church of the East

Coptic Orthodox Church

Oriental Christian (NEC)+

Oriental Christian (NFD)*

Syrian (Jacobite) Church

Albanian Orthodox

Antiochian Orthodox

Greek Orthodox

Macedonian Orthodox

Orthodox (NEC)+

Orthodox (NFD)*

Romanian Orthodox

Russian Orthodox

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Serbian Orthodox

Ukrainian Orthodox

Apostoloc Church of Queensland

Christadelphians

Christian Science

Gnostic Christians

Liberal Catholic Church

Molokan

New Apostolic Church

New Churches (Swedenborgian)

Other Christian (NEC)+

Ratana (Maori)

Religious Science

Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)

Temple Society

Unitarian

Worldwide Church of God

Aboriginal Evangelical Missions

Born Again Christian

Christian & Missionary Alliance

Church of the Nazarene

Congregational

Ethnic Evangelical Churches

Independent Evangelical Churches

Other Protestant (NEC)+

Other Protestant (NFD)*

Wesleyan Methodist Church

Apostolic Church (Australia)

Assemblies of God

Bethesda Churches

Christian City Church

Christian Life Churches International

Christian Outreach Centres

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Christian Revival Crusade

Faith Church

Foursquare Gospel Church

Full Gospel Church

Pentecostal (NEC)+

Pentecostal (NFD)*

Revival Centres

Rhema Family Church

United Pentecostal

Free Reformed

Presbyterian

Presbyterian & Reformed (NFD)*

Reformed

Salvation Army

Seventh-day Adventist

Uniting Church

Hinduism

Ahl-l Haqq (Iran)

Ahmadi

Alevite/Alawi/Alawites

Bajwan (Iraq)

Hoshidi

Islam

Isma'ilis (Iran)

Ithna'ashari Shi'is (Iraq)

Luri (Iran

Mazda-yasnie (Iran)

Sarliya-Kakaiya (Iraq)

Shabak (Iraq)

Shia

Sunnis (Iran)

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Sunni

Yazidism

Judaism

Agnosticism

Atheism

Humanism

No Religion (NFD)*

Rationalism

Australian Aboriginal Traditional Religions

Baha’i I World Faith

Ancestor Veneration

Chinese Religions (NFD)*

Confucianism

Taoism

Druse/Druze

Japanese Religions (NFD)*

Shinto

Sukyo Mahikari

Tenrikyo

Caodaism

Church of Scientology

Eckankar

Fa Lun Gong

Rastafarianism

Religious Groups (NEC)+

Sabean Mandean/Sabian

Satanism

Theosophy

Animism

Druidism

Nature Religions (NEC)+

Nature Religions (NFD)*

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Paganism

Pantheism

Wiccan/Witchcraft

Sikhism

Spiritualism

Theism (NEC)+

Zoroastrianism

S

Settlement Database The SDB has been developed to provide statistical data for government and community agencies involved in the planning and provision of settlement services. It brings together data from various Department of Home Affairs systems and a number of other sources including Medicare Australia. The SDB is a repository of information on permanent, and some temporary, settlers who have arrived in Australia since 1 January 1991. Data from the SDB is uploaded to the SDB on the 5th day of every month.

Settlement DateThe Settlement Date refers to the date in which a settler is deemed to have settled in Australia. Settlement Date is derived from either a settlers recorded arrival date or visa grant date. For settlers who were granted their current SDB visa offshore, the Settlement Date is their first recorded arrival date into Australia after the grant of that visa. For settlers who were granted their current SDB visa onshore, The Settlement Date is their current visa grant date.

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Settlement Target GroupSettlement Target Group is a group of settlers eligible for settlement services. It consists of settlers who meet the following criteria:

Onshore settlers in the following categories are included in the SGP Target Group:

• permanent Humanitarian migration stream settlers;• permanent Family migration stream settlers with low English proficiency;• temporary Family migration stream settlers with low English proficiency living in

rural/regional locations;• dependants of permanent Skilled settlers with low English proficiency living in

rural/regional locations;• dependants of temporary Skilled settlers with low English proficiency living in

rural/regional locations;• settlers holding subclass 151 (former resident) visas and have who have accessed

the Adult Migrant English Program (AMEP).

Settlers are considered to have low English proficiency if:

• their English Proficiency is recorded as Good, Poor or Nil in the SDB; or• their English proficiency has not been recorded in the SDB, and their Birth Country is

classified in the SDB as EP3 or EP4 (see English Proficiency (EP) Country Group for details).

All locations are regarded as rural/regional, except for the following Statistical Divisions (SDs):• Sydney SD• Melbourne SD• Brisbane SD • Gold Coast SD• Perth SD• Adelaide SD• Canberra SD

and the following Statistical Sub-Divisions (SSDs):

• Queanbeyan SSD• Newcastle SSD• Wollongong SSD• Tweed Heads & Coast SSD• Greater Geelong City PrtA SSD• Sunshine Coast SSD

The Settlement Target Group generates reports which produce number of settlers for all of the Settlement Target Group fields. A full list of Settlement Target Group fields is listed in Table 11.

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Table 11 - Settlement Target Groups

Settlement Target Group Description

Not in Settlement Target Group

The settlers in this group are not eligible for the settlement services provided by the Settlement Grants Program service providers.

In Settlement Target Group The settlers in this group are eligible for the settlement services provided by the Settlement Grants Program service providers.

Settlement Visa SubclassesSettlement Visa Subclasses refers to the visa subclasses which are stored in the SDB. For a full list of Settlement Visas Subclasses please see Table 12.

Statistical Local Area SLA is the smallest spatial unit defined in the Main Structure of the 2011 ASGC published by the ABS. SLAs aggregate to from the spatial unit SSD.

In the SDB, SLA of Residence refers to the SLA in which a settler resides.

The SDB allocates which SLA a settler resides in based on settler postcode data recorded in the SDB. Some postcodes may correspond to more than one SLA. In these cases, the SDB uses the appropriate ABS 2011 ASGC Correspondence file to allocate the postcode by determining that the SLA which receives the highest percentage of population for a particular postcode will receive all the data for that postcode.

It should be noted that although efforts are made to keep up to date address information for settlers recorded in the SDB, not all SLA information can be considered as current and for many settlers, no SLA is recorded.


State of ResidenceState of Residence refers to the State or Territory in which a settler currently resides. State of Residence is determined from address information collected by the SDB.

It should be noted that although efforts are made to keep up to date address information for settlers recorded in the SDB, not all State and Territory information can be considered as current. For many settlers, no State of Residence is recorded.

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Statistical Division SD is a spatial unit defined in the Main Structure of the 2011 ASGC published by the ABS. SDs aggregate to form States and Territories.

The SDB allocates which SD a settler resides in based on settler postcode data recorded in the SDB. Postcodes are allocated to SLAs which aggregate to form SSDs, which aggregate to from SDs. Some postcodes may correspond to more than one SLA. In these cases, the SDB uses the appropriate ABS 2011 ASGC Correspondence file to allocate the postcode by determining that the SLA which receives the highest percentage of population for a particular postcode will receive all the data for that postcode.

It should be noted that although efforts are made to keep up to date address information for settlers recorded in the SDB, not all SD information can be considered as current and for many settlers, no SD is recorded.


Statistical Sub-Division SSD is a spatial unit defined in the Main Structure of the 2011 ASGC (2011) published by the ABS. SSDs consist of one or more SLAs and aggregate to form SDs.

The SDB allocates which SSD a settler resides in based on settler postcode data recorded in the SDB. Postcodes are allocated to SLAs which aggregate to form SSDs. Some postcodes may correspond to more than one SLA. In these cases, the SDB uses the appropriate ABS 2011 ASGC Correspondence file to allocate the postcode by determining that the SLA which receives the highest percentage of population for a particular postcode will receive all the data for that postcode.

It should be noted that although efforts are made to keep up to date address information for settlers recorded in the SDB, not all SSD information can be considered as current and for many settlers, no SSD is recorded.


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V

Visa stream Please see Migration Stream.

Visa Subclass A Visa Subclass is a three digit code which identifies the visa holder’s purpose in Australia. The SDB only collects data on permanent visas and settlement pathway temporary visas. Some visa subclasses are no longer available. However, reports can be generated for all historical and current visa subclasses.

When producing a report by visa subclass from the SDB the data produced will be for a settler’s most current SDB visa subclass. The SDB cannot produce numbers for a settler’s previously held visa subclasses.

Table 12 - Visa SubclassMigration Stream Category Subclass Description Status

Family Permanent 100 Partner 01/09/1994 - Current

101 Child 01/09/1994 - Current

102 Adoption 01/09/1994 - Current

103 Parent 19/12/1989 - Current

104 Preferential Family01/09/1994 - 01/11/1999

105. Concessional Family01/09/1994 – 01/07/1997

110 Interdependency 01/11/1999 - Current

113 Aged Parent01/11/1998 - 31/03/1999

114 Aged Dependent Relative 01/11/1998 - Current

(This subclass was disallowed on the 31/03/1999 and reintroduced on 01/11/1999)

115 Remaining Relative 01/11/1999 - Current

116 Carer 01/11/1999 - Current

117 Orphan Relative 01/11/1999 - Current

118 Designated Parent01/11/1999 - 28/04/2000

143 Contributory Parent 27/06/2003 - Current

300 Prospective Marriage 01/09/1994 - Current

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Migration Stream Category Subclass Description Status

801 Partner 01/09/1994 - Current

802 Child 01/01/1991* - Current

804 Aged Parent 01/01/1991* - Current

806 Family01/09/1994 - 01/11/1999

814 Interdependency 15/04/1991 - Current

819 Aged Parent01/11/1998 - 31/03/1999

831 Prospective Marriage01/09/1994 - 01/07/2005

835 Remaining Relative 01/11/1999 - Current

836 Carer 01/11/1999 - Current

837 Orphan Relative 01/11/1999 - Current

838 Aged Dependent Relative 01/11/1999 - Current

859 Designated Parent 01/11/1999 - Current

864 Contributory Aged Parent 01/07/2003 - Current

Temporary 173Contributory Parent-Temporary

27/06/2003 - Current

309 Partner Provisional 11/12/1996 - Current

310 Interdependency Provisional

11/12/1996 - 01/07/2009

445 Dependent Child 01/09/1994 - Current

450 Resolution of Status – Family Member (Temporary)

(ROSCO Family)

01/10/1997 -

31/03/1998 (onshore) or

30/06/1998 (offshore)

(Applications must be made between 01/10/1997 & 31/03/1998 onshore or 01/10/1997 & 30/06/1998 offshore)

820 Partner 19/12/1989 - Current

826 Interdependency15/04/1991 - 01/07/2009

884 Contributory Aged Parent 01/07/2003- Current

Humanitarian Permanent 200 Refugee 27/09/2001 - Current

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201In-Country Special Humanitarian

01/09/1994 - Current

202Global Special Humanitarian

01/09/1994 - Current

203 Emergency Rescue 01/09/1994 - Current

204 Women at Risk 01/09/1994 - Current

205 Camp Clearance01/09/1994 - 01/11/1997

207 Soviet Concession19/12/1989 – 31/08/1994

208 East Timorese in Portugal01/09/1994 - 01/11/1997

209 Citizens of Former Yugoslavia – Displaced Persons

(Citz of Yugoslavia)

01/09/1994 - 01/11/2000

210 Minorities Of Former USSR

01/09/1994 - 01/07/2000

211 Burmese 01/09/1994 - 01/11/2000

212 Sudanese01/09/1994 - 01/11/2000

213 Burmese in Thailand01/09/1994 - 01/11/2000

214 Cambodian SAC01/09/1994 - 01/11/1997

215 Special Assist Sri Lankan09/01/1995 - 01/11/2000

216 Ahmadi SAC01/11/1995 - 01/11/2000

217 Vietnamese SAC01/11/1995 - 01/07/1999

800 Territorial Asylum (Residence)

01/09/1994 - Current

803 Refugee (After Entry)01/01/1991* - 31/08/1994

807 Humanitarian Grounds19/12/1989 – 31/08/1994

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809 PRC Citizen (Permanent)19/12/1989 - 31/08/1994

810 Refugee (Permanent)19/12/1989 – 31/08/1994

815 PRC Permanent Entry01/11/1993 - 01/08/1994

816 Special Permanent 01/11/1993 - 01/08/1994

817 Protection (Permanent)19/12/1989 - 31/08/1994

818Highly Qualified On-shore (permanent)

01/11/1993 - 01/08/1994

851 Resolution of Status 09/08/2008 - Current

866 Protection 01/09/1994 - Current

Temporary 850 Resolution of Status (Temporary)

(ROSCO)

01/10/1997 -

31/03/1998 (onshore) or

30/06/1998 (offshore)

(Applications must be made between 01/10/1997 & 31/03/1998 onshore or 30/06/1998 offshore)

Unknown 206 Lebanese Concession19/12/1989 - 31/08/1994

Skilled Permanent 105 Skilled-Australian Linked01/07/1997 - 30/06/1999

106 Regional Linked 01/11/1996 - 01/07/1999

(No new applications by primary applicants from

1 July 1999)

119Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme

01/11/1999 - 30/06/2012

120 Labour Agreement01/09/1994 - 30/06/2012

121 Employer Nomination 01/09/1994 - Current

122 Business-Joint Venture19/12/1989 - 31/08/1994

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123 Business-General19/12/1989 - 31/08/1994

124 Distinguished Talent 01/09/1994 - Current

125 Distinguished Talent01/09/1994 - 01/11/1999

126 Independent 01/09/1994 - 01/07/1999

(No new applications by primary applicants from 01/07/1999)

(Replaced by visa subclass 137)

127 Business Owner01/09/1994 - 01/03/2003

128 Senior Executive01/09/1994 - 01/03/2003

129 State/Territory Spon01/09/1994 - 01/03/2003

130 State/Territory Spon01/09/1994 - 01/03/2003

131 Migrant-investment. Linked

03/04/1995 - 01/03/2003

132 Business Talent 01/03/2003 - Current

134 Skilled Matching 01/07/1999 - 01/09/2007


135 State/Territory Nom 01/09/1994 - 01/07/1999

(No new applications by primary applicant from 01/07/1999)

(Replaced by visa subclass 137)

136 Skilled – Independent 01/07/1999 - 01/09/2007


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137 Skilled – State/Territory-Nominated Independent

01/07/1999 - 01/09/2007


138 Skilled – Australian Sponsored

01/07/1999 - 01/09/2007


139 Skilled-Designated Area-sponsored

01/07/1999 - 01/07/2006

(No new applications after 01/07/2006)

175 Skilled-Independent01/09/2007 - 30/06/2012

176 Skilled-Sponsored01/09/2007 - 30/06/2012

186 Employer Nomination 01/07/2012 - Current

187Regional Employer Nomination

01/07/2012 - Current

189Skilled Independent (Permanent)

01/07/2012 - Current

190Skilled Nominated (Permanent)

01/07/2012 - Current

805 Skilled01/09/1994 - 01/11/1999

811 Pilot (Permanent)19/12/1989 - 31/08/1990

840 Business Owner03/04/1995 - 01/03/2003

841 Senior Executive03/04/1995 - 01/03/2003

842State/Territory Sponsored Business Owner

03/04/1995 - 01/03/2003

843State/Territory Sponsored Senior Executive

03/04/1995 - 01/03/2003

844 Investment Linked03/04/1995 - 01/03/2003

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845Established Business in Australia

03/04/1995 - 30/06/2012

846 State/Territory Sponsored Regional Established Business in Australia

(REBA)

01/07/1997 - 30/06/2012

855 Labour Agreement01/11/1999 - 30/06/2012

856 Employer Nominated01/11/1999 - 30/06/2012

857Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme

01/11/1999 - 30/06/2012

858 Distinguished Talent 01/11/1999 - Current

861 Skilled – Onshore Independent New Zealand Citizen

27/02/2001 - 01/09/2007

(No new applications by primary applicants from01/09/2007)

862 Skilled- Onshore Australian-sponsored New Zealand Citizen

27/02/2001 - 01/09/2007


863 Skilled- Onshore Designated Area-sponsored New Zealand Citizen

27/02/2001 - 01/09/2007


880 Skilled – Independent Overseas Student

01/07/2001 - 01/09/2007


881 Skilled – Australian-sponsored Overseas Student

01/07/2001 - 01/09/2007


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882 Skilled – Designated Area-sponsored Overseas Student

01/07/2001 - 01/09/2007


885 Skilled-Independent01/09/2007 - 31/12/2012

886 Skilled-Sponsored01/09/2007 - 31/12/2012

887 Skilled-Regional 01/09/2007 - Current

888Business Innovation and Investment (Residence)

01/07/2012 - Current

890 Business Owner 01/03/2003 - Current

891 Investor 01/03/2003 - Current

892State/Territory Sponsored Business Owner

01/03/2003 - Current

893State/Territory Sponsored Investor

01/03/2003 - Current

R GORS (RESI)Historical – dates unknown

Temporary 160Business Owner (Provisional)

01/03/2003 - Current

161Senior Executive (Provisional)

01/03/2003 - Current

162 Investor (Provisional) 01/03/2003 - Current

163State/Territory Business Owner (Provisional)

01/03/2003 - Current

164State/Territory Sponsored Senior Executive (Provisional)

01/03/2003 - Current

165State/Territory Sponsored Investor (Provisional)

01/03/2003 - Current

188Business Innovation and Investment (Provisional)

01/07/2012 - Current

475Skilled – Regional Sponsored

01/09/2007 - 30/06/2012

476Skilled –Recognised Graduate

01/09/2007 - Current

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485 Skilled Graduate 01/09/2007 - Current

487Skilled-Regional Sponsored (Provisional)

01/09/2007 - 31/12/2012

489Skilled Regional Sponsored (Provisional)

01/07/2012 - Current

495 Skilled- Independent Regional (Provisional)

01/07/2004 - 01/09/2007


496 Skilled – Designated Area-sponsored (Provisional)

01/07/2006 - 01/09/2007


Other Permanent 150 Former Citizen01/09/1994 - 01/07/2000

151 Former Resident01/09/1994 - 01/11/2005

152 Family or NZ Citizen07/11/1996 - 01/07/2000

154 Return Class A01/01/1987 - 31/08/1994

808 Confirmatory 01/09/1991* - Current

812 December 1989 (permanent)

19/12/1989 - 31/08/1994

832 Close Ties01/09/1994 - 01/11/2005

833Certain Unlawful Non-Citizens

01/09/1994 - 01/07/2000

Temporary 301 Australian Requirement19/12/1989 - 31/08/1994

302Emergency (Permanent Visa Applicant)

01/09/1994 - Current

*Start date is recorded as start date of SDB data capture; however, this may not be the actual start date for the visa subclass.

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Y

Years of Education Years of Education refers to the number of completed years a settler has attended at school and tertiary institutions (i.e., university or technical/trade colleges) as of the date the visa application was lodged. This information is obtained from several sources, on both a mandatory and voluntary basis. Data is valid as at the time of visa lodgement, and does not include any education that may have been undertaken after the settler arrived in Australia. One exception to this is if a settler registers for AMEP tuition. In such cases further updates are made to the Years of Education data via the ARMS database as the settler undertakes AMEP tuition.

The Years of Education generates reports which produce numbers of settlers for all of the Years of Education (Individual) fields. A full list of the Years of Education (Individual) fields is listed in Table 13.

Table 13 - Year of EducationYears of Education Broad Groups

Years of Education (Individual)

Primary 1 Year Schooling

2 Years Schooling

3 Years Schooling

4 Years schooling

5 Years Schooling

6 Years Schooling

Secondary7 Years Schooling

8 Years Schooling

9 Years Schooling

10 Years Schooling

11 Years Schooling

12 Years Schooling

Tertiary or Trade 1 Year Tertiary/Trade

2 Years Tertiary/Trade




6+ Years Tertiary/Trade

Attachment A - Groupings of Countries of BirthCountry of Birth Settlement Country Of Birth

Africa (So Stated) Africa (So Stated)

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Country of Birth Settlement Country Of Birth

Africa (So Stated)

Brit. Dep. Terr. Citz British Depend Terr Citizen

British Indian Ocean Terr

British National Overseas

British O’Seas Citizenship

British Subject

Burma Burma

Myanmar

Cambodia Cambodia

Kampuchea

Channel Islands Channel Islands

Guernsey

Jersey

China Peoples Rep China, Peoples Republic of

China (So Stated)

Cntl America (S/S) America, Central (So Stated)

Central America (So Stated)

Democratic Republic of Congo Congo, Dem Republic of

Zaire

Dep Republic of Timor-Leste Timor-Leste

Timor, East

Europe (So Stated) Europe (So Stated)

Europe (So Stated)

France France

France, Metropolitan

Germany Berlin (So Stated)

Berlin, East (So Stated)

Germany, Fed Republic of

Germany Democratic Republic

Germany

Berlin, West (So Stated)

Hong Kong Hong Kong (SAR of the PRC)

Hong Kong (SAR of the PRC)

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India India

Sikkim

Ireland Ireland (So Stated)

Ireland, Republic of

Rep of Korea Korea (So Stated)

Korea, South

Macao Macau

Macau Special Admin Region

Micronesia Micronesia



Nigeria Nigeria

Nigeria

Norway Norway

Bouvet Island

Oceania (So Stated) Oceania (So Stated)

Pacific Islands (So Stated)

Pakistan Pakistan

Pakistan

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea

Papua

Romania Romania

Romania Pre 01/02/2002

Serbia & Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro

Yugoslavia, Fed Republic of

Sth America (S/S) South America (So Stated)

Sth Georgia/Sth Sandwich Is

Tahiti Tahiti

French Polynesia

United Kingdom United Kingdom

Britain

U.S.A. United States of America

Hawaii

America (So Stated)

Vanuatu Vanuatu

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New Hebrides

Vietnam Vietnam

Vietnam, South

Vietnam, North

Yemen Yemen Arab Republic

Yemen, Republic of

Yemen, Former

Yemen, Peoples Dem Rep of

Zimbabwe Zimbabwe

Rhodesia

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